Association of P. falciparum infection and adherence to Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine (SP) prophylaxis treatment.

Table 4: Association of P. falciparum infection and adherence to sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) prophylaxis treatment.

Diagnosis	Results	Adherence to SP prophylaxis by mothers (N =182)		χ²	p value
Diagnosis	Results	Yes	No	χ²	p value
Detection of P. falciparum by nPCR	Positive	7 (3.8%)	0	0.204	0.65
Detection of P. falciparum by nPCR	Negative	170 (93.4%)	5 (2.7%)
	Total (%)	177 (97.3%)	5 (2.7%)

p value was calculated by Pearson’s Chi square (χ2) with confidence interval (CI) of 95% and 1 degree of freedom (df). The result is not significant at p < 0.05